Writing screen music for “heroes being pushed to their limits”
BY CUTCOMMON The new Netflix series Man on Fire is as thrilling as anything composer Max Aruj has worked on before: Mission: Impossible, Top Gun: […]
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Australian video game music is an exciting area of cultural activity – and you should be paying attention
BY DAN GOLDING, SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY; BRENDAN KEOGH, QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AND TAYLOR HARDWICK, QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY An enthusiastic, sellout crowd arrived […]
The FilmHarmonia Orchestra is about to hit a major milestone
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE There’s always a fair amount of discussion surrounding the role of screen music in the concert hall. Does it make for a […]
“Being a composer is trusting your gut,” reckons Ego Plum (The Cuphead Show)
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE He’s known as The Cartoon Composer — and in 2022 he scored one of the truest-to-genre shows to land on Netflix. Inspired […]
How Cornel Wilczek used ’80s nostalgia to compose The Newsreader theme
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Growing up in the ’80s, Cornel Wilczek was allowed to watch as much TV as he wanted. Rather than developing a serious […]
How Cassie To composed her Screen Music Award-nominated short film score
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE In the past month, Australian composer Cassie To has been nominated for an APRA AMCOS Screen Music Award. She has also been […]
Australian video game composers are getting their moment in the spotlight
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE We all love music that tells a story. Whether composed for an opera or ballet, we soak up the passion and tragedy […]
ANNOUNCED // APRA AGSC Screen Music Award nominees
CONTENT COURTESY APRA AMCOS APRA AMCOS and the Australian Guild of Screen Composers today announce the nominees for the 2021 Screen Music Awards, highlighting the […]
“It’s not rare for me to cry while making music”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE FOR LEVEL AND GAIN When ROB (Robin Coudert) signed on to compose the score to The Bureau (Le Bureau des Légendes), he […]
Halo and Wolfenstein games composer talks ’80s synths and influences
BY CHRISTOPHER LEON FOR LEVEL AND GAIN Tom Salta is an experienced video game composer with the ability to jump between starkly different game and […]